Afrasura hieroglyphica

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Afrasura hieroglyphica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Afrasura
Species:
A. hieroglyphica
Binomial name
Afrasura hieroglyphica
Synonyms
  • Miltochrista hieroglyphicaBethune-Baker, 1911
  • Asura hieroglyphica

Afrasura hieroglyphica is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1911. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Guinea, Nigeria and Uganda. [1]

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Afrasura hieroglyphica (Bethune-Baker, 1911)". Afromoths. Retrieved October 12, 2019.